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v. G. TANSEY.

HOLDER FOR ORNAMENTAL AND FLY PAPER. No. 298,184. Patented May 6, 1884.

INVENTOR:

ATTORNEYS.

am STATES PATENT am.

VURLIN G. TANSEY, OF LOUISVILLE, NEBRASKA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF ANDTRUMAN HALL, OF SAME PLACE.

HOLDER FOR ORNAMENTAL AND F-LY PAPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 298,134, dated May 6,1884.

Application filed February 19, 1884. (No model.) 7

I To all whom/it may colicerie:

Be it known that I, VURLIN G. TANSEY, of Louisville, in the county ofCass and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and Improved Holder forOrnamental and Fly Paper,of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved frame forholding ornamental or fly paper on the ceiling of a room, either at themiddle or in the corners, in such a manner that the ceiling of the roomneed not be defaced.

The invention consists in a frame for holding fly or ornamental paper,which frame is constructed with a series of spring-frames on which thepaper can be attached, and with a series of cords extending fromthe-outer rod of the frame to the inner plate, from which cords thepaper is suspended.

The invention also consists in various parts and details andcombinations of the same, as will be fully described and set forthhereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figurel is a plan View of my improved ornamental paper holder, showingit partly folded and partly unfolded. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectionalelevation of the same, showing it unfolded. Fig. 3 is an enlarged planView of the middle part of the paper-holder. Fig. 4 is a plan view ofone of the sections to be located in the corner.

The holder is formed of four quadrant-sections, and each section isformed of a quadrantwire, A, held by two or more radial arms, B, on aquadrant-plate, 0, having its edge bent down and a flange, D, formed atthe said edge. The arms or rods B are provided near their outer endswith laterally-projecting arms E, and on the said arms E \I-shaped orother frames F are hung, which can be folded down inward to rest on theplates 0, or can be folded outward to project beyond the outer wire orrod, A. To the uppersurface of the flange D a series of hooks, G, orheaded studs G are secured, and a series of cords, H, arranged radiallyare secured to the hooks G or the studs G, and to the outer wire or rod,A. The said cords can bespaced a greater or less distance from eachother, as may be desired. The inner corner of each plate 0 is clippedoff, as shown at J in Fig. 3, so that the said plates can be placedaround a chandelier tube or hook in the middle of the ceiling for thepurpose of supporting the frame. If a circular paper-holder is formed,four quadrant sections. are united, the plates 0 being united either bymeans of a hook, K, held on one section and passed into a staple on thenext section, by clips L,- screwed on two adjoining plates, 0, by aU-shaped wire or locking-pin, M, passed through sleeves N on the edgesof two adjoining sections, or the sections can be united by a plate heldon the under side, and screws passed through the plate into thesections, or in any other suitable manner.

The ends of the wires A need not be united. If the paper is-.to be heldin a corner, a single quadrant-section is used, as shown in Fig. 4; andif the paper-holder is to be held to the ceiling of the room at theside, two quadrantsections are united to. form a semicircularpaperholder. The ornamental paper is suspended from the cords H,extending from the plates Gto the outer wire or rod, A, and is securedto the sidesof the frames F, as shown in Fig. 2. The paper can be of anydesired pattern, size, or color, or can be arranged in any suitablemanner. Poison fly-paper or adhesive fly-paper can also be secured tothe frame.

Vhile transporting the frame, or when the same is stored away, theframes F are folded down upon the upper surface of the frame, so as tooccupy as 1ittle space as possible.

The advantages of my improved paperholder are that no tacks or nailsneed be driven v swinging frames are also adapted to hold flypaper orornamental paper, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. In a frame for holding ornamental and fly paper, the combination,with a curved wire or rod, A, of a plate, (f, the rods B, uniting thewire or rod A and the plate C, and of swinging frames 1, pivoted onlaterally-projecting arms E of the rods B, substantially as herein shownand described.

4. In a frame for holding ornamental and fly paper, the combination,with a curved rod or wire, A, of the plate (7-, connected with the wireA by the rods B, and the cords H,-extending from the edge of the plate 0to the wire A, substantially as herein shown and described.

5. In a frame for holding ornamental and fly paper, the combination,withthe curved rod or wire A, of the plate C, connected with the rod or wireA by the rods B, hooks, or other projections G, on the flange of theplate 0, and the cords H, extending from the said hooks or projectionsto the curved wire or rod A, substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

6. A frame for holding ornamental and fly paper, consisting of fourquadrant-sections, each formed of a quadrant-wire held by arms on aquadrant-plate, the quadrant-plates being united with each other bymeans of clips, hooks, or other suitable devices, substantially asherein shown and described.

7. In a frame for holding ornamental and fly paper, the combination,withthe four quadrant plates united with each other, of four quadrant wiresor rods connected by radial arms with the quadrant-plates, and ofswinging frames held 011 the radial arms and adapt ed to be projectedbeyond the quadrant-wires, substantially as herein shown and described.

V U R-LIN l. TANSEY.

\Vitnesses:

Tnoams Goncoox, SYBRANT HALL.

